The reporter gave a heh of a laugh. "Of course I'm not a suspect. I only just came up from the first floor—All right, stop throwing accusations around. If you've got time for that, we might as well search everyone and see who's hiding the piece of rope that strangled the deceased."
"..."
At first listen, the method seemed a little unreasonable, but when they thought carefully, it also seemed very workable.
The three teachers looked at one another, and in the end, they gritted their teeth and agreed to the proposal—compared to the horrifying idea of "the culprit is hiding beside me," a mere body search was not exactly unbearable.
Soon, the men and women entered separate rooms and began checking separately.
A few minutes later, Mouri Ran and Suzuki Sonoko pushed the door open and came out, saying in relief, "Teacher Yonehara and Teacher Nakamura don't have anything on them."
The two female teachers straightened their clothes and complained, "In weather this cold, we actually had to strip for an inspection. This vacation really is enough to make someone suffer."
Jiang Xia looked toward Teacher Nakamura. "I remember you were the first person to discover the body?"
Teacher Nakamura nodded, still shaken. "My room is right diagonally opposite. Just now, I heard Shimoda's phone ringing nonstop. I thought it was strange, so I came over to take a look, but who knew..."
Teacher Yonehara sighed. "I heard it too. I remember it seemed to be his alarm clock ring tone."
Mouri Ran suddenly thought of something and asked, confused, "But Teacher Yonehara, I remember your guest room seemed to be on the first floor."
Teacher Yonehara smiled awkwardly. "I was originally planning to stay on the first floor, but wasn't that door broken?"
Mouri Ran, who only now